twice.
There was no doubt it”
was Mrs.
taught my Grade 2 class in

From A5.
She made

learning fun

for everyone

Dear Sir,
I received my copy of the

Terrace Standard this after-

noon,.and when I saw the
front page, I burst into tears.
Whenever I am asked

_ who my favourite teacher
was in my years at school,.

Pye never. had’ to think

Douglas. She

1962-63 at Riverside El-

ementary. eo
Actually, that year
she°was challenged with

both grades 2 and 4 in the
same’. classroom

I always . believed that

I learned more’ because of
a

» She would both. chal-

lenge and encourage you to
do your best.

“If we struggled along the

“way, we knew she was there

_to help.’

She made iearning fun.
-In later years, when I vis-
ited Terrace and happened

to. drive by her little green - -

house, I thought. of her, not

- ‘knowing whether she still
. lived there or not. Lo

‘Just last, year my broth--

~ertold me that she still re-

membered me.

Imagine, she, remem-

bered me; one of hundreds ~

of . students she probably
had through the years, and |
was only in her class for one

year.
She will be greatly missed
but always reniembered ,

by those who ever came to
know: her, even for.such a

~ Short period of time, such as
~ myself.

ee

Prince George, B.C.

You were
right on, |
Vesta

Dear Sir,

' »~ 7 was fortunate to have : *.
had Vesta Douglas as my

Grade 1 teacher at Clar-
ence Michiel Elementary,
that was in 1964... just a few
years ago.

It saddened me to hear
of her passing away but of
course she was a most prac-
tical teacher and woman so I
do not doubt that she would
poo-poo the idea of her actu-
ally living forever, so must
we all pass.

I still use a phrase that I.
learned from her in that ear-
ly school grade.

Whenever’ she - would
which I was used to doing
after having spent many a
nap ‘time in. kindergarten
with Mrs. Mitchell in the
old Civic Centre, she would
point at us and say “Eggs for
breakfast.”

“It took me a few grades
to get the drift that when one
eats eggs at breakfast. and-

. One Opens one’s mouth Cin a
yawn/while passing on juicy.
first grade gossip/or what -

have you) well, .you can

* see the spots of egg on your

tongue as evidence.

She also did not spare |
the rod, as my next strong
Grade 1 memory was one of:
being a little s..t and poking
the rear of a boy: in front of
my desk with a sharp pencil
as he stood up to answer a .

question. |
_ One stood up when talk-
ing to a teacher then. 7

He squawked more than a
litle bit and I got a firm and
embarrassing smack ‘on my

behind.

Needless to say, I did not
do that again, and kept on
not doing that sort of thing.

Later in life, after I was

married, my new wife Eliza-
beth and I ran into Vesta
Douglas and a friend of hers
in the Maritime Museum in
Vancouver. .
' She was gracious and af-
ter looking me over just abit
remembered me from way
back then.

‘There are those that might —

say there will never be one

like her again... personally, I

hold out the hope that there

is already. -

You were right on Vesta,
you really were.

Grant Harris

Smithers, B.C.

and + was”
‘ able to teach all of us very
_ well T thought.

. Jo-Anne Stainton

_at opposite sides of the room
_as the friend who accompa-

a

' catch one of us yawning, ..

No
generation

gap for Vesta

Dear Sir,

Looking back at. my —

childhood in Terrace, Vesta
Douglas was always there.

_ She had donated thou-
sands to. the music festival

and fall fair, had given mov-:,

ing speeches and hours of

volunteer work at various .

furictions.
But Vesta also lived ev-
ery moment giving to and

engaging with others.

1 recall one day sitting at
Images by Karlene when I
was 14 or so. *

She had come in to the .

salon and due to the limited
number of chairs, had to sit

nied her.
_ When I offered her friend
my chair so they could sit

together; Vesta said “This is |

why I love teenagers.”

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There was no generation
gap with Mrs. Douglas.
.Christina Heslenfeld

Prince George, B.C..

She will be
missed —
Dear Sir, .
1 came to Terrace five
- years after Vesta Douglas

“had been honoured with the
title Freeman of Terrace and

long after her retirement

from her paid teaching ca-
Teer.

I first met her when she
was the guest speaker at a
student ceremony.

I was impressed with her
humour and her sharp wit as
she gave sound advice to the

. assembled young people. »

In spite of the age’ dif-
ference, she was
relating to. young people at

. their level.

Her. advice was sound

‘and clear.

| Was. astute.

ry

“with it,” -

Her vision of. the future

She did not mince her

‘words as she talked to stu--

dents about their opportuni-
ties and obligations in shap-
ing their future.

She received a standing .

ovation.

Subsequently, I witnessed
Vesta perform equally bril-
liantly at other-meetings and
celebrations.

Over the ensuing years, I
met a number of her former
students and teacher col-
leagues who . remembered

Vesta as a supportive, kind.

role model, still educating.
. She always saw the best
in each person she'met and

. the best in each situation that °

presented itself.
She will be missed.
Vesta was the kind of
- person who, if the eggs fell

out of her shopping bag and ©

smashed, would say “let’s
have omelets for dinner.” —

_ Art Erasmus

retired educator turned

school trustee

Terrace, B.C.

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